Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, delivered the lecture “Virginia’s Candidate Selection Process: Examining Recent Primaries and Conventions” at the American Legion Boys’ State of Virginia in Lynchburg on Monday, June 18.
Sally Scott Presents at Conference
Sally Scott
Sally Scott, director of disability resources, was an invited panelist on the topic of “The Future of Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities” at the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 14.
The Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) Conference is held each year for principle investigators of grant projects within the NSF Division of Human Resource Development. Along with co-presenters Dr. Jane Theirfield-Brown of the University of Connecticut and Scott Lissner of Ohio State University, the panel provided commentary on emerging issues and recommendations for future research in the area of STEM education and postsecondary students with disabilities.
UMW Lauded for Graduation Rates (The Free Lance-Star)
Leo Lee Publishes in Communications in Computational Physics
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Jangwoon “Leo” Lee had his article “A Stochastic Galerkin Method for Stochastic Control Problems” published in the journal Communications in Computational Physics.
Will Mackintosh Presents Paper at Conference
On Friday, June 8, Will Mackintosh, visiting assistant professor of history and American studies, presented a paper entitled “The Loomis Gang and the Funhouse Mirror of Nineteenth-Century Economic Modernity” at the “Capitalism by Gaslight: The Shadow Economies of Nineteenth-Century America” conference in Philadelphia, Pa.
The conference was jointly hosted by the Library Company of Philadelphia and the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, and was organized in conjunction with a special exhibit at the Library Company on the topic of illegitimate and semi-legitimate economies in American history.
Study: Feminists More Likely to Embrace Attachment Parenting (MSNBC’s “Today Moms”)
UMW Project Spawns Local Startup for Recent Grads (The Free Lance-Star)
Economics of Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector Course featured in Virginia Business
UMW’s Economics of Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector course was featured in the June edition of Virginia Business magazine in the article “Philanthropy’s Next Generation.” 
On the cover, left to right and front row to back, are Gretchen Houser, assistant director of annual giving and a student in the fall 2010 class, Robert S Rycroft, professor of economics, and Kate Gibson and Will Zebian, students from the fall 2011 class.
Daniel Preston Recognized by Masonic Lodge
Daniel Preston, editor of the Papers of James Monroe, was a guest at the monthly meeting the Fredericksburg Masonic Lodge on Friday, June 8. The Grand Master presented Preston with a certificate of appreciation for the books on Monroe that he donated to the Lodge’s library.
Anne Timpano Exhibits Work in Ohio
Anne Timpano, director of UMW Galleries, currently has two works of art in the exhibition ReRoot: Exploring Iterations of Place Through Identity and Community at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The exhibition opened on Monday, June 2 and runs through Thursday, August 2.
The works include “Re:Generations,” a mixed media linocut print (2009), and “The Climbing Tree,” a digitally printed artist’s book incorporating photographs and text (2011). Both works reference family ties and childhood memories.